wiggle
/ˈwɪɡəl/
noun
- A small, quick movement from side to side or up and down.
- The dancer added a little wiggle to her hips.
- I felt a wiggle in my pocket — my phone was vibrating.
- Give the handle a wiggle to loosen it.
verb
- To move or cause to move with small, quick movements from side to side or up and down.
- She wiggled her toes in the warm sand.
- The puppy wiggled its tail when it saw me.
- He wiggled the key until it finally turned in the lock.
- To move through a narrow or crowded space by twisting and turning.
- We wiggled our way through the crowd to get to the front.
- The child wiggled through the gap in the fence.
- The worm wiggled into the soil.
- To change one's position or opinion slightly, often to avoid a difficult situation.
- She wiggled free from his grasp.
- He wiggled his way out of the contract.
- The politician tried to wiggle out of answering the question.
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